BTlabs discusses 5G development with one of the leading mobile operators in Russia

BTlabs’ technical directors, Dr. Evgeny Savin and Dr. Alexey Tsarkov, had a meeting with the colleagues from department of the networks development of Megafon, one of the Big 3 Russian mobile operators, to discuss the trends and industry demands for the deployment of 5G networks in Russia. The first phase of 5G network and infrastructure deployment in Russia is scheduled by 2022 under the federal target program ‘Digital Economy of Russian Federation’.

BTlabs is a participant of the cooperation of leading Russian telecom and radio engineering companies, aimed at development and production of base stations and telecommunication hardware that is compatible with IMT-2020 standard to enable the all-Russia coverage of 5G mobile networks based on the home-made hardware.